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RACING AT NEW ORLEANS NEXT YEAR. Jadge Murphy Issues Statement Approved by Business Mens Racing Association Directors. New Orleans. La., May 21. New Orteeaa will have the usual racial season in 191s, is the an Boaaceaeeat of ledge Joseph Marphv of the P.usi-bcm Mens Baciag Aaoeciatlea, which was issued alter Judge Chretien imposed and suspended sen -team 01: the j.JDo officials of the Association, who had 1 11 found guilty of violating the Locke race law. The Asse-iition w III not recognize betting. accordiag to Judge Marphyi stateaseat, leaviag that proMi i-i for a later solution. The statement of Judge Murphy was approved by the Business Mens Racing Association directors before it was issued. "I shall carry with me to the horsemen n the north the word that we will open as usual January 1. an 1 race until Mardi Gras." said Jadge Murphy. "While the meeting will suffer by comparison with its predecessor. 1 am sure that I can get sufficient co-ape ratten from the horsemen to keep us going, in any event. "We do n ! want an., one to construe our decision to n as a defiance of Jadge Chretiens verdict. We accept, without contest, his opinion, that we had I. lilt on sand. We -hill try to find a more substantial foundation. We shell take absolutely no cognizance f belting. I am frank to say that I ::m not keen for this. The Locke law does not prohibit bettiag on horse races. Many disputes pnh-abiy will arise, particularly as bets on horse races can be enforced ill the civil courts. "In the three years that we have operated we have not bad a case in the civii or criminal courts, except those brought agahasl us by our eaeastea. We could probably have kept this record clean under the saaae conditions. The more surreptitious betting is. the less protection it affords the public. This will require that we use c : tra caution at the gates. In every possible way allowed by law we will pnted the racing and our patrons. Whatever instructions 1 the district attorney may give to the police will be rigidly carried out by our own detectives. If we could get. a final construction of the law and make ovoi-yonc hew to the line, we would know where we were. I am not sanguine as to what this racing hedge podge will develop, but we shall do our best. 1 "As to stakes and purses, there is plenty of time I to make the announcement. As I view it now. I da 1 not think we will give any stakes. I expect, we will I be persecuted all winter by the brown hussars, and we shall put ourselves in the best possible state of preparedness."
